On the fi'ont of the sarcophagus is a basso-relievo, in Tvhicli is represented General Washington and his officers in a tent at the niomont

S'DEK'S MONUMENT.

when he received the report of the court of inquiry. At the same time a messenger is seen with a flag, bearing a letter from Andre to Washington. On the opposite side is a guard of Continental soldiers, and the tree on which Andre was hung. Two men are preparing the prisoner for execution, in the centre of this design. At the foot of the tree sit Mercy and

340 THE HUDSON.

Innocence bewailing his fate. Upon a panel of the pedestal is the fol. lowing inscription : -- " Sacred to the memory of Major John Andee, who, raised by his merit at an early period of his life to the rank of Adjutant- General of the British forces in America, and employed in an important but hazardous enterprise, fell a sacrifice to his zeal for his king and country, on the 2nd of October, a.d. 1780, universally beloved and esteemed by the army in which he served, and lamented even by his foes. His gracious sovereign, King George the Thikd, has caused this monument to be erected." On the base is a record of the removal of his remains from the banks of the Hudson to their final resting-place near the banks of the Thames. Such is the sad story, in brief outline, of the closing days of the accomplished Andi-e's life. Arnold, the traitor, was despised even by those who accepted his treason for purposes of state ; and his hand never afterwards touched the palm of an honourable Englishman. In his own country, he had ever occupied the " bad eminence " of arch traitor, until the beginning of the year 1861 ; others now bear the palm.